Tray



A. P. GEIMER.

TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1922.

Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

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ANTHONY P., GEIMER, OF TVJO RIVERS, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOE TO THE HAMILTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OFTVJO RIVERS, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

TRAY.

Application filed' March 7, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, ANTHONY P. GEIMER,

citizen of the United States, residing at Two Rivers, in the county of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Trays, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

My invention relates to trays or similar articles whose bottom and walls are integrally formed of sheet metal, such trays being of particular service when used as printers galleys.

My invention has for its general object an improvement in the construction of the wall and corner portions of the trays. In carrying out the invention the metal of at least one wall is folded inwardly along its top edge to make this wall of double thickness where folded, the outer ply of this wall being continued beyond the inner ply thereof to form a tab that is bent at its base against the adjacent end face of the inner ply to overlap the adjacent wall whose outer face is flush with the adjacent end face of said inner ply.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention each of the walls of the tray is thus inwardly folded along its top edge and the outer plies of two of these walls are formed with the described tab. These tabs are welded to the adjacent wall portions overlapped thereby. By means of the construction of my invention, the inner faces of the walls which are provided with the tabs cannot be distorted as a consequence of the bending of the tabs.

A further advantage resides in the fact that the inner plies of the walls that have the tabs serve as anvils upon and over which the tabs are bent whereby the tabs are very accurately positioned not only with respect to the walls which carry them but also with respect to the wall port-ions overlapped thereby.

I will explain my invention more fully by reference to the accompanying drawing showing the preferred embodiment thereof and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a tray which is suitable for use as a printers galley; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a part of the tray shown in Fig. 1 taken in an opposite direction; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a corner portion of the tray with Serial No. 541,883.

the tab bent backwardly merely as a matter of illustration to show the relation thereof to the parts contiguous thereto before the tab is bent, it being understood that the tab is usually in straight alignment with the wall carrying it before it is bent; Fig. 4. is a cross sectional view of the tray on a larger scale, an intermediate section of thetray being broken away; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughout the different figures.

The tray illustrated has its bottom wall 1 and its side walls 2, 3 and 4 integrally formed of a single sheet of metal. The metal of the walls 2, 3 and 4 is folded inwardly along the top edges of the walls, the walls being thus of double thickness where folded. The outer, plies of the walls 2 and 4; are horizontally continued beyond the inner plies of these walls to form tabs 5. Each of these tabs is bent at its base against the adjacent end face of the inner ply of the wall carrying the tab to overlap the outer ply of the adjacent wall 3 whose outer face is flush with the adjacent end faces of the inner plies of the walls 2 and 4.

It will be observed that the inner ply of each wall that carries a tab serves as an anvil for such tab upon and over which the tab is accurately bent to lie flush upon the wall that is overlapped by the tab. l/Vhen the tabs are accurately positioned they are preferably welded to the wall portions that they overlap.

The bottom of the tray extends considerably beyond the inner plies of the walls so that objects, such as type, may snugly engage the sides of the tray without having their positions modified by the corner portions at the bottom of the tray. These corner bottom portions of the tray are desir ably outwardly extended further to insure clearance between them and the contents of the tray by outwardly bulging the base portions of the outer plies of the walls as indicated at 6.

It will. be observed that the bending of the tabs has no malforming influence upon the inner plies of the walls that carry the tabs, the invention being an improvement in this respect upon the type of trays having single ply tab carrying walls.

While I have herein shown and particularly described the preferred embodiment of my invention I do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction shown as changes may readily be made without departing from the spirit of my invention, but having thus described my invention 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following 1. As a new article of manufacture, a tray whose bottom and walls are integrally formed of a single sheet of metal, the metal of said walls being folded inwardly along their top edges to make these walls of double thickness where folded, the outer ply of each of two of said walls bung continued beyond the inner ply thereof to form a tab that is bent at its base against the adjacent end face of the inner ply to overlap the outer ply of the adjacent wall whose outer face is flush with the adjacent end face of said inner ply and to which outer ply such tab is welded.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a tray whose bottom and walls are integrally formed of a single sheet of metal, the metal of said Walls being folded inwardly along their top edges to make these walls of double thickness where folded, the outer ply of each of two of said walls being continued beyond the inner ply thereof to form a tab that is bent at its base against the adjacent end face of the inner ply to overlap the outer ply of the adacent wall whose outer face is flush with the adjacent end face of said inner ply.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a tray whose bottom and walls are integrally formed of a single sheet of metal, the metal of a wall being folded inwardly along its top edge to make this wall of double thickness where folded the outer ply of this wall being continued beyond the inner ply thereof to form a tab that is bent at its base against the adjacent end face of the inner ply to overlap the adjacent wall whose outer face is flush with the adjacent end face of said inner ply and to which adjacent wall such tab is welded.

l. As a new article of manufacture, a tray whose bottom and walls are integrally formed of a single sheet of metal, the metal of a wall being folded inwardly along its top edge to make this wall of double thickness where folded, the outer ply of this wall being continued beyond the inner ply thereof to form a tab that is bent at its base against the adjacent end face of the inner ply to overlap the adjacent wall whose outer face is flush with the adjacent end face of said inner ply.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this th day of February, A. D. 1922.

ANTHONY P. GEIMER. 

